A technical guide explaining character escape sequences in JavaScript, covering code points, single character escapes, and encoding details.
A critique of modern software versioning practices, proposing clearer definitions for semantic versioning (x.y.z) and addressing confusion caused by terms like alpha, beta, and release candidates.
Explains how to use Event Triggers in BI Publisher 11g to call PL/SQL functions for auditing data refreshes.
A developer created a game called Sat-E for the Ludum Dare 22 game jam, inspired by the theme 'Alone' and Wall-E.
A discussion on the design choice of overriding browser keyboard shortcuts in web applications to leverage user muscle memory.
A developer details their recent work on packaging OpenStack for Debian, including pushing the Essex 2 milestone and implementing ISO boot support.
Explores the smallest possible valid (X)HTML documents for various historical HTML versions, detailing byte counts and SGML minimization tricks.
Introducing dabblet, an interactive CSS playground with real-time updates, GitHub gist saving, and built-in vendor prefixing.
A developer announces their participation in Ludum Dare 22, outlining their tech stack (C++, SFML, sfxr, LMMS) for the game jam.
A guide to implementing a simple, efficient connection pool using asynchronous IO in Twisted Python, explained in just a few lines of code.
Analyzing and optimizing slow date range queries in Apache Jackrabbit within Hippo CMS to improve performance and reduce memory usage.
Exploring virtual sequences and lazy evaluation in Common Lisp, inspired by Clojure's sequence abstraction and functional programming concepts.
An analysis of mobile network inconsistency and a call for better communication between carriers, manufacturers, and developers for improved mobile performance.
A developer reflects on finishing school projects, plans to participate in a game jam, and aims to improve technical skills like Vim and Emacs.
A technical guide explaining the formula to convert Microsoft Excel date values into UNIX timestamp format.
Testing the Windows Defender Offline Beta tool to clean a malware-infected laptop by booting from a CD/USB, with successful detection and removal.
A developer shares updates on their new job as a lead developer working on OpenStack and their switch to the Hyde static site generator for their blog.
A technical tutorial on using SignalR, an ASP.NET library, to create a real-time web application for broadcasting slide deck navigation.
A developer's troubleshooting guide for fixing MacVim's clipboard integration issues when launched from tmux on macOS.
Explores the practice of extending JavaScript native prototypes, discussing its utility, risks, and compatibility concerns.
